Port blast caused by false declarations of dangerous cargo, company CEO says

Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan believes the Trump administration will probably clinch a nuclear deal with Tehran similar to the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which Trump withdrew from in 2018.

“I think there is a possibility that they could get a deal,” Sullivan told ABC News.

“I think that deal, in its elements, won’t look too different from the deal that President Obama and Secretary Kerry produced in the Obama administration that Donald Trump ripped up," he added during his interview with This Week program.

Thirty-three hours after the deadly explosion at Rajaei Port, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued a message of condolences on Sunday night, urging security and judicial officials to "conduct a thorough investigation, identify any negligence or deliberate act, and take action in accordance with regulations."

Iran's ongoing talks with the US are focused solely on the nuclear issue and don't cover its missile program, deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Sunday.

As a member of Iran's negotiating team, he added that Oman has yet to announce the venue for the next round of talks.

The fire reignited in parts of Rajaei Port in southern Iran after more than 30 hours of efforts to fully contain it, state-run media reported.

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi blamed the Islamic Republic for the tragedy in Bandar Abbas, calling it the "root of all disasters."

"We are mourning not only the lives lost, but also the hardship of living under a despotic, inefficient, and unaccountable regime. The Islamic Republic, concerned only with its own survival, has no regard for its people. It bears no responsibility for the suffering it causes," she said in a post on her Instagram page.

"We are living amid tragedies. The greatest tragedy — the root of all disasters — is the regime itself: a regime that shirks responsibility."

Mohammadi called the Islamic Republic "a regime concerned solely with its own survival, where the people have no place."

"It is we, the people of Iran, who must find a way to overcome this situation. With hope, solidarity, and determination, we will bring this painful chapter to an end."